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.' Three men will behonored bi';",')'")')""')?")";')';';"?;?", ‘ A ammun- urum a KIW- 'retrrhttettartrmrttt-r, and an Internationally n- eonate-cheer who has will he hound by the Uni- versity of "uterine at in spring convocation on; year. Convocation dates are May 30-21. The ecologist is Dr. Ian Me'Nggart Conn of the University of British Colum- bia; the community leader is Joseph "Joe" Council, of Waterloo, and the engineer is Dr. Howard Ramon, of the University of Toronto. More than 2,500 degrees will be awarded during the three-day convocation per- Sod. including approximate- ly 275 graduate degrees (masters and PhDs). Joe Cone]! Mr. Council is undoubtedly one of the Twin Cities' best known and best-liked citi- He is the soon-to-retire secretary general of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA, a post he has filled for many years. In addition, he has participated in a variety of community activities, and has an international repu- tation as a public speaker. A former teacher and one- time president of the On- tario Teachers' Federation, he served as a flying officer (navigator) in the RCAF' during World War II. Joe Conneli's community activities are well docu- mented. In addition to his work with the Y he has serv- ed as the general chairman of the k-W Federated Appeal for25years and is past pres- ident of the Appeal. He was also an executive mem- ber of the Kitchener Cham- ber of Commerce for 15 years and is honorary presi- dent of the K-W Chapter of the. Industrial Manage- ment Clubs of Canada, and also of the K-W Epilepsy Society. His Y activities included serving as inter- national president of the International Y's Men's Clubs, an organization that exists in 48 countries, and as president of the YMCA Secretaries of Canada As- sociation. He is in much demand as a public' speaker and has delivered more than 100 addresses a year for many years to a variety of con- ventions, conferences, busi- ness and professional organ- izations, service clubs and other audiences all across Canada and in many other countries. For years he has offered a public speaking 'eiW.'Pt"r';V - - I621 KING WEST. KITCHENER - 745-9495 Doug tdl'ld', IlhTNEtllTrl. FUNERAL HOME l CHAPEl Convenient Parking. entering Wellington or King Street andp-ideeeiqatatt muthY;mM '6,000 have attended the. ILConell'nntMuef- Mauvebeenmhed as: nunberofpnviom occasions. He is ttseo" pcuon In Kitettieter-Vater Citizen of the Year twice (in m0ttndttl68).rn1987ttenr" honoured by the late King George In for yam work and for wort with the blind. receiving His Majesty's medal. In 1962 he remitted an award ttr service beyond the can of duty by the Na- tional Council of YMCA's of year, he received the Can- ada medal. He was also the only non-member of the Industrial Accident Preven- tion Association ever to receive its meritorious ser- vice award. In wn he was the Canadi- an speaker at the first World Human Resources Congress, and in 1972 he was the first Canadian in 47 years to be guest speaker to the annual George Washing- ton Day Society dinner in New York City. Mr. Connell will receive Commission. He has served he received the RS. Jane an honorary doctor of laws as president of a number of Memorial Award of the degree (LL.D.) Thursday the above organizations. . Chemical Institute of Can- aftemoon, May 20. He will His service and scholar- ada. In 1966 he won the Me- deliver the convocation ad- l ship have been widely rec- Charles Prize, offered by dress at that time. ognized, over the years. He the board of governors of the Ian Me'Nggart Cowa- has been made a Fellow of University of Toronto. lit Dr. MeTaggart Cowan, a the Royal Society of Canada. 1967 he was awarded a Can- brother of Dr. Patrick Mc- He hasbeenawarded Came- ada Centennial Medal. He Taggart Cowan, meteorolo- gie, Nuffield and Killam has also been madea Fellow gist and a well-known travelling fellowships, and of the Royal Society of Can- spokesman tor science, has he is an officer of the Order ada and won the Pulp Manu- had a long and distinguished of Canada. He has also re- facturing Division Meeal career following his first ceived the Centennial Medal of the Technical Association teaching appointment antic of Canada, the Leopold Medal of the Polo and Paper In- University of California in of the Wildlife Society, the dustry. He is a member of 1932. In 1935 he returned to Einarsen Award of the the Canadian Pulp and Pa- British Columbia, where he Wildlife Society, Western per Association and a fellow had grown up. and most of Section, and the Medal of of the Chemical Institute of his time since then has been Service of the Order of Can- Canada and the Canadian spent at U.B.C. where he ada. Society for Chemical Engi- has been an assistant pro- UW will bestow an honor- neering. fessor, professor, head of ary doctor of environmental Dr. Rapson's relationship the department of zoology, studies degree upon Dr. Me- with the University of Wa- assistant dean, and dean of Taggart Cowan at the after- term extends back many graduate studies, He has noon convocation, May 21. years. He served " a re- also served as a visiting pro- Howard “a,” search advisor to several fessor at the University of Born in Toronto, in 1912, UW engineering faculty Edinburgh, chairman of the William Howard Rapson members. He assisted in the academic board of the Prov- received a B.A.Sc. degree accreditation of the engi- ince of British Columbia, in 1934, an M.A.Sc. in 1935 neering program at this uni- member of the Environment and a Ph.D. in 1941, all in versity. He has given distin- Prptection Board of the Ca- chemical engineering and 'guished lectures on campus, nadian Arctic Gas Study all from the University of and he has provided help and Limited, consultant to the Toronto. ' advice to further the re- National Parks Service and He spent 10 years with the search efforts of this cam- the Northwest Territories Canadian International Pa- pus. Administration, member of per Company during the He will be awarded an the National Research Coun- forties_ and with its research honorary doctor of engineer- cil and the Fisheries Re- search Board, member and president of the British Columbia Resources Con- ference, member of the Sel- ect Committee on National Parks (U.S.), president of an ct A , _ ' . J _ _ _ ad the American Wildlife So- communication, technical ciety, the Cooper Ornitn expertise, efficiency and American Society of Mam- liniiovatioit at the intema- malogists, the Arctic lnsti- Howl level. tote of North America, the His efforts and his contri- Pacific Science Association, muons to engineering and the International Union for technology have brought the Conservation of Nature, much recognition over the the National and Provincial yearsAn 1954 he was award- Parks Association, the Ca- ed the Weldon Gold Medal nadian Auduborn Society by the Canadian Pulp and and the Survival Service Paper Association. In 1965 Commission. He has served he received the RS. Jane as president of a number of Memorial Award of the the above organizations. . Chemical Institute of Can- His service and scholar- ada. In 1966 he won the Me- ship have been widely rec- Charles Prize, offered by ognized, over the years. He the board of governors of the has been made a Fellow of University of 'l'oronto. lit the Royal Society of Canada. 1967 he was awarded a Can- He hasbeenawarded Came- ada Centennial Medal. He gie, Nuffield and Kiilam has also been madea Fellow travelling fellowships, and of the Royal Society of Can- he is an officer of the Order ada and won the Pulp Manu- of Canada. He has also re- factoring Division Meeal Howard Rapm Born in Toronto, in 1912, William Howard Rapson received a B.A.Sc. degree in 1934, an M.A.Sc. in 1935 and a Ph.D.. in 1941, all in chemical engineering and all from the University of Toronto. ' UW will bestow an honor- ary doctor of environmental studies degree upon Dr. Me- Taggart Cowan at the after- noon convocation, May 21. He spent 10 years with the Canadian International Pa- per Company during the forties, and with its research affiliate, Industrial Celluo lose Research Limited, be- fore becoming a faculty member at the U of T, in From first principles, through laboratory and pilot GEORGE “HELL Service worthy confidence - a tradition since ms. t] " He will be awarded an honorary doctor of engineer- ing degree Saturday, after- noon, May 22. Dr. Rapson' will address convocation at that time. " Zloo Connollisono otthro-+whowittb-- tented with honorary degrees at Univonity of Wa- terloo's convocation May 20. features that may be affect- ed by construction of new dams and reservoirs in the upper Grand River valley. A team of ecologists has started combing tive areas as part of an environmental out for the Grind River Conservation Authority. voir; . - Between Bridgeport and the Highway 8 bridge at Freeport on the Grand Thefive areas are: - Between Elora and West Montrose on the Grand River, site of the proposed Montrose dam and reser- River, site of the proposed voir; - Along the - Conestogo River between the Conesto- go dam and StNeeotts,fite u the proposed Wallen- stein and St. Jacobs dams andreservoirs; between Salem and High- way 6, site of the proposed Salem dam and reservoir. Specialists from Ecolo- gisties Ltd. of Kitchener are looking for sprint. fea- tures that may have arche- Unique aspects of Grand Valley sought The public: map is being River Montrose dam was recom- mended last year by Judge Wilfred Leach of Cayuga who headed an enquiry in- to the disastrous floods of May 1974. V dam or air alternatives to it. The general membership of the GRCA acted on the recommendation by author- izing an environmental impact study of the Mom- rose dam and any alterna- tives to it that should be Planck at Ecologistics Ltd., 309 Lancaster St. West, Kitchener. Ecologist” is part of a project team established by the GRCA to study the impact on the environment considered. missanytttirtg", . Angle with information is a 'ed to write to Dr. ological merit or specific natural features such as unique vegetation, scenic points, footpaths or even good fishing spots. Dr. Jon Planck, whoheads the team, said In purpose of appealing for the pub- lies help in the study is Animmediatestartoetttte